ABSTRACT
As is true with any newly popu-larized tern1, the term "evidence-based" has an almost
intuitive ring of credibility to it. It brings to mind images of tree-lined and stately buildings fronted with Grecian columns and filled with persons wearing white coats, speaking in hushed tones. and offering reassurances. But this ring may be hollow. As Montaigne noted. "Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know," and as Valery warned. "That which has been delivered by every-
one, always and everywhere. has every chance of being false ...
